Grieving Sudbury parents need help to attend Regina trial of man accused of murdering their son
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Grieving parents from Sudbury, Ont., say they are unable to receive support to attend the trial of the man accused of murdering their son in Regina, Sask., in 2021.
Grieving parents from Sudbury, Ont., say they are unable to receive support to attend the trial of the man accused of murdering their son in Regina, Sask., in 2021.
Jeffrey Lehto moved from Sudbury to Regina to have a better life, but it was not to be, his parents John and Janet Alderson told CTV News in an interview on Wednesday.
Now, his parents say they don’t have the means to attend the murder trial and can’t get support from the government.
"Everywhere we turn, we've been told that the government has no funds for this … And I know that there's other agencies out there that will help, but they won't help us because the province difference," John said.
"If the crime happened in Ontario or vice versa, then yeah, they would help us. But, because we're from a different province, nobody seems to want to help us."
Lehto, 30, was the victim of a serious assault in a residential neighbourhood on Quebec Street the evening of Jan. 19, 2021.
He died of his injuries in hospital the next morning just minutes after doctors contacted his mother.
